Ornamentation of wrist watch straps



J. F. SAND 2,737,325

ORNAMENTATION oF wRTsT WATCH STRAPS Filed ned. 3, 1951 March 6, 1956FIGI.

Unirted States Patent @ffice 2,737,325 Patented Mar. y6, 1956ORNAMENTATION OF WRIST WATCH STRAPS John F. Sand, Newark, N. J.,assignor to Gemex Company, Union, N. J., a corporation of New JerseyApplication December 3, 1951Serial No. 259,639

- Claims. '(Cl. 224-4) This invention relates to the ornamentation ofwrist watch straps, and more particularly to the ornamentation of wristwatch straps made of leather, suede, silk or the like.

Among the several objects of the invention may be noted the provision ofa novel mode of ornamentation for the end of a wrist watch strap whichis attached to a wrist watch, and anovel ornament member for use in suchornamentation; the provision of a mode of ornamentation of the classdescribed wherein the ornament member will remain Hat on the strap asworn on` the wrist; the provision of an ornament member for use inconjunction with ornamentation of the class described which may bereadily applied to or removed from a strap; the provision of an ornamentmember of the class described which utilizes the usual end member at theend of the wrist watch strap for securement to the strap; and theprovision of an ornament member of the class described which may beeconomically manufactured and which is subject to ornamentation invarious ways. Other features will be in part apparent and in partpointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly comprises the elements and combinations ofelements, Afeatures of construction, and arrangements of parts whichwill be exemplified in the structures hereinafter described and thescope of which will be indicated in the following claims.

In the accompanying drawing, in which several of various possibleembodiments of the invention are illustrated,

Fig. l is a plan of a wrist watch and associated strap parts havingornament members of this invention applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. l;

Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken on line 4 -4 of Figs. 1 and 3 onthe scale of Fig. 3;

Fig. 5 is a horizontal section taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 4;

Fig. 6 is an elevation of an ornament member of the invention per se;and,

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 6 but showing a modiication.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing, there is represented at 1 a wrist watch havingat each end a center lug 3. Each of the two lugs of the watch has atransverse aperture 5 forreception of an end member 7 of the typecomprising a tube 9 and a pair of pins 11 biased by spring means 13 inthe tube to a position of extension from the ends of the tube forattachment of the watch and wrist watch straps 15 and 17. End members 7are of a conventional well-known type, and further description thereofis not believed necessary. Straps 15 and 17 are generally much the same,except that 15 has buckle 19 at one end and 17 has a series of holes 21for receiving the tongue of the buckle. At the end of each strap whichis attached to the watch by an end member 7 there is provided anornament member 23 of this invention.

Each of straps 15 and 17, as herein illustrated, comprises a length ofmaterial such as leather, suede, silk or the like, which is doubled backupon itself at its Watchattaching end to form a loop 25 for reception ofan end member 7. The loop 25 is divided in two by a central notch 27.The two layers of material in the doubledback end portion are' securedtogether and to a liner 29 of anysuitable material such as leather bystitching 31. At the watch-attaching end of the strap, this stitching isonly at the sides of the strap, so that the two layers of material inthe doubled end portion of the strap form a pocket 33 opening rearwardfrom the notch 27 in the loop 25. It will be understood that in makingthe strap, the notch 27 may be established by punching a slot in thematerial before folding, and folding the material on a line extendingtransversely across the slot.

The ornament member 23, as shown in Figs. l-6, comprises a cross-piece35 having depending sides 37. As shown in Fig. l, the cross-piece ismade of generally V- shape in plan to have a notch 38 for accommodationof the center lug 3 of the watch. It may have its own outer or uppersurface formed for ornamentation, or any suitable separate ornamentationmay be attached thereto, as desired. The ornament member 23 straddlesthe watch-attaching end of the strap, and its depending sides 37 havealigned openings 39 receiving the pins 11 to hold the member in assemblywith the strap and the watch. The strap may be notched out at its sidesat its watch-attaching end, as indicated at 41, for the reception of thedepending sides 37. The cross-piece also has a tongue 43 which extendsrearward into the pocket 33 for the purpose of keeping the cross-pieceflat on the strap. It will be understood that without this tongue, theornament might pivot on the pins 11 and swing up away from the strap.

The tongue 43 is narrower than the distance between the sides 37 andprojects in rearward direction away from the line of the openings 39 ina plane below and generally parallel to the plane of the cross-piece(see Fig. 3). More particularly, the tongue extends rearward from theend of a stem 45 depending from the cross-piece. The stem is narrowerthan the distance between the sides 37, being located centrally betweenthe sides and somewhat forward of the apex of the V-shaped cross-piece.

The cross-piece 35 and its sides 37 may be made in one piece as a sheetmetal stamping. The stern and tongue may consist of a separate L-shapedpart soldered to the cross-piece. As shown in Figs. 1-6, the sides 37are constituted by single-thickness flanges integral with thecross-piece, being bent downy at the ends of the crosspiece. With suchllanges, the ends of the pins 11 are exposed to View at the sides of thestrap. If it is desired to have the ends of the pins concealed, thesides may be made as shown in Fig. 7. As illustrated therein, the sidesare constituted by U-shaped portions integral with the cross-piece, theopenings 39 for receiving the pins being in the inner sides 47 only ofthe U-shaped portions. The Fig. 7 form is made by bending down portions49 from the ends of the cross-piece and bending up the inner sides 47 onthe inside of the outer portions 49. Thus, the outer portions 49 concealthe ends of the pins inserted in the openings 39.

In view of the above, it will be seen that the several objects of theinvention are achieved and other advantageous results attained.

As many changes could be made in the above con structions withoutdeparting from the scope of the nvention it is intended that, al1 mattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing,shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

1'. In combination, a wrist watch strap having a loop at one enddividedA in` two by a notch adapted to receive a center lug of a wristwatch and having a pocket which opens rearward from the notch, an endmember adapted for reception in an aperture in the center lug forattaching the watch to the strap comprising a tube received in the loopand a pair of pins biased by spring means in thc tube to a position of,extension` from the ends of the tube, and an ornament member comprisinga cross-piece havingL a notch adapted to receive the center lug anddepending sides straddling said end of the strap, the sides havingopenings receiving the pins, and the cross-piece having a tongue locatedin the notch in the strap and extending rearward into the pocket.

2. In combination, a wrist watch strap having a loop at one end dividedin two by a notch adapted to receive a center lug of a wrist watch andhaving a pocket which opens rearward from the notch, anV end memberadapted for reception in an aperture in the center lug for attaching thewatch to the strap comprising a tube received in the loop and a pair ofpins biased by spring means in the tube to a position of extension fromthe ends of the tube, and an ornament member comprising a cross-piecehaving a notch adapted to receive the center lng and depending sidesstraddling said end of the strap, the sides having openings receivingthe pins, and the cross-piece having a central depending stem extendingdown in the notch in therstrap and a tongue extending rearward from theend of the stem into the pocket.

3. The combination defined in claim 2 wherein the sides of thecross-piece are constituted by single-thickness anges integral with thecross-piece.

4. The combination set forth in claim 2 wherein the sides of theornament member are constituted by U- shaped portions, the openings` forreceiving the pins being in the inner sides only of the U-shapedportions for pin concealment.

5. The combination set forth in claim 2 wherein the ornament member ismade of metal and its sides are constituted by portions` integral withthe cross-piece bent downward from the ends of the cross-piece andhaving bent-up inner sides, the openings for receiving the pins being insaid inner sides only whereby the outer sides conceal the ends of thepins.

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